FIGURES THAT COUNT
Estimates of the percentage of lambs born during the current season are 94.28—the lowest since 1948. The drop is largely attributed to the after-effects of facial eczema outbreaks in parts of the North Island and drought conditions in the South Island at tupping time. But although the estimated Dominion lambing percentage for 1956 is down, the substantial increase in the number of breeding ewes to a record of 26.923,200 has offset the effect of the lower lambing percentage. The estimated lamb crop of 25.383.700 is another record figure, surpassing the 1955 peak of 24,823.897 lambs.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28222, 9 March 1957, Page 9
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